The read
It runs a compact 1h 23m.
Synopsis
In what appears to be an inexplicable incident, a man drives up to a resort hotel in midwinter, throws away his car keys, enters, and proceeds to agitate everyone he meets with his urgency -- a message he is somehow unable to communicate. Then he leaves, disappearing in the snow. Later, the people he appeared to have upset have gathered to search for him and find him frostbitten, but alive. Visiting him at the sanatorium to which he has been taken, they gradually discover what was really happening.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
15 audience votes
Key crew
- Krzysztof ZanussiDirector
- Krzysztof ZanussiWriter
Cast
- Jan NowickiTomasz
- Maja KomorowskaTeresa
- Zofia KucównaMaria
- Aleksander BardiniDoctor
- Jan ŚwiderskiHenryk
- Seweryna BroniszównaOld Woman
- Piotr GarlickiHenryk's Son
- Marian GlinkaDoctor
- Andrzej HudziakAugustyn
- Marta ŁawińskaPsychologist
- Cezary MorawskiCzarek
- Eugeniusz PriwieziencewSick Man in a Clinic
Stills
Themes
depressionlecturemortuaryhopelessnessfear of death